Ziad Doueiri To Direct Adaptation 'The Attack'

Ziad Doueiri is attached to direct the adaptation of the French novel The Attack, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The novel is based on an Arab surgeon in Tel Aviv who learns a devastating secret about his wife's involvement in a suicide bombing. The project, produced by John Wells, is based on the book by Yasmina Khadra. Khadra is the pseudonym for Mohammed Moulessehoul, a former Algerian army officer who adopted a woman's pen name to avoid military censorship.